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Love The Way You Lie

CLARE

The light above me was burning my sensitive eyes, causing a pounding in my head. I shook it off lightly, feeling the slight throbbing in my torso. My body felt tired, but my mind was rejuvenated.

I glanced over to my right, to see Eli's head resting on my hand. He was on his knees beside the hospital bed, his fingers interlaced with my right hand. I smiled shyly, feeling his warm breath hitting my skin.

Using all the strength in my body, I moved my left arm, my fingers tangling through my boyfriends hair.

He gasped, shooting up from the position on my bed, staring at me with wide, green eyes.

"Clare," he breathed out in relief, "Y-You're awake. How long have you been awake? Do you need me to get a nurse? Does anything hurt? I'll go get Doctor Chris or-."

I cupped his cheek, kissing his lips briefly, "I-I'm a little sore...but I'm fine. I just want to be with you."

"Do you remember? Do you remember what happened?" Eli asked nervously, slipping in beside me on the hospital bed.

"I remember everything. But, what I want you to know is that I'm not angry at anybody. I'm not going to plan to kill Dallas, or get even with him. He won, but I still have the upper hand." My lips curled into a grin, leaning gently into Eli's chest, "And what's the upper hand?"

"...I still have you, don't I?"

His lips pressed against my temple, "Yes you do."

For a moment, we just lied down in complete silence, enjoying each other's company. We listened to the hospital beds being rolled around in the hallway, and the screeches of wheelchairs outside the door.

Strangely, it was comforting.

I rested my head on his shoulder, his black hair tickling my cheek. His arm was resting over my thighs, trying his best to avoid my bruising ribs. I smiled warmly up at him, "Thank you for not trying to get even with Dallas while I was...while I was asleep."

"How did you know I didn't?" he asked, grabbing his bag beside the bed, and retrieving an object from it.

My dead Grandmother.

"A little birdie told me."

"Funny Clare. I told Cece to buy this while you were sleeping, since I know they're still pretty raw." My eyebrows tightened, seeing Eli gesture to the bottle of lotion in his hands, and to my red wrists.

"Want me to put some on for you? I won't hurt you, I promise," he whispered into my ear, taking my two hands into his caring grip.

Feeling the gentle caress of my hands into his lap, while his fingers prodded cautiously over my irritated skin with the cooling substance was soothing. The silence in the room, plus the relief coming from my wrists was making this moment a lot easier to handle.

"Thank you," I said, as he continued to rub his lanky fingers over the irritated skin.

"Any time Clare," I scoffed, picking his chin up since he was concentrating intensely on pleasing my physical needs, "Thank you Eli, for everything."

My lips pressed up against his, sliding my tongue into his mouth. The warmth that transferred through from his mouth to mine sent a tingle up my spine. We pulled away, our foreheads resting against each other's, "I love you Eli."

"I love you too Clare."

JAKE

"DO YOU SWEAR ON YOUR MOMS LIFE TO NEVER PUT A HAND ON CLARE AGAIN? IF YOU SO MUCH AS BLOCK HER PATH IN THE HALLWAY I'LL SNAP THAT BONE INTO PLACE WITH MY FEET!"

I pushed Dallas away from me, watching him grovel and gasp for breath on the bedroom floor.

"I-I promise," he choked out, cradling his arm-which had a bone sticking out of it-while looking up at me in fear.

"You messed with the wrong family Dallas. I hope you learned your lesson."

My lips couldn't help myself; the spit came flying through from my mouth to clash onto his shoes, "Next time you think about punching a girl, not even Clare, you'll have to deal with me."

2 WEEKS LATER

CLARE

"Easy! Easy! Slow it down Clare," Eli guided me to the Degrassi steps, his arm wrapped securely around my waist. The bruises were still healing, so I was struggling to walk in a straight line without inflicting pain upon myself.

"I am being slow. You're just going too slow," he scoffed, "Nothing is too slow when it comes to getting my girlfriend to her classes in one piece."

My hand gripped onto his left hand nervously, seeing the biggest, last step out of the staircase. Without warning, Eli tightened his grip on my waist, and lifted me over the step.

"I could've done it on my own," I pouted, looking over at Eli, who shrugged his shoulders.

"Turn that frown upside down Edwards," he kissed my lips, before a haunting voice teased, "PDA alert! PDA!"

We both turned to see Dallas, his arm linked in a cast, with a round bruise beneath his eye. I turned to look at Eli, who was looking extremely confused,"You didn't? Eli, you promised you wouldn't-."

"Nope, it was me," Jake appeared beside Dallas, patting him on the shoulder, "Why? W-Why would you do this, Jake? Violence is never the-."

"Listen Clare, I deserved it," Dallas spoke before Jake could, "Everything Jake threw my way, I deserved it. What I did to you was completely uncalled for and horrible. Each day that passes by since it has happened, I wanted to take it back. I'm sorry Clare, I hope your recovery goes well. I'm looking at a year of community service on the weekends and plus unmentionables. I just-I really am thankful that you're okay. If you ever need anything, I got your back. Sorry."

Watching Dallas walk away from us, had left us all in shock.

"I've never seen him act so...," Eli finished off my sentence, "Humble? Caring?"

"Yeah."

The bell rung, signaling we all had to get to first period.

Even though beating up Dallas was unnecessary, being that I already felt like we had gotten even after waking up from that dream with my Grandma...I wasn't the one who told Jake to beat him up, or defend my honor. Jake had done that on his own, and that will eventually come back to bite him in the butt. I'm not going to tell him, because he would most likely shake his hand in my face carelessly, say it was 'nothing' and then go out to KFC to eat the night away.

"You'll be okay from here?" Eli asked, standing beside my first class door, "I'm fine, don't worry about me."

He kissed my lips briefly, and I could still feel his eyes on me as I wobbled cautiously to my desk in the back of the room. Everyone was staring at me since it was my first day back. Rumors had surely spread by now, which was probably the reason for all this extra attention.

Once I placed my bag on the floor, and took a hesitant seat into my desk, Eli waved shyly, mouthing 'I love you'.

"I love you too."

END OF LOVE THE WAY YOU LIE

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